Counsel Robert Mueller. Remind us how we got to this point. Democrats have been trying to get special counsel mueller to talk about his report for months. Doorswere a lot of closed closed door behind the scenes negotiations to secure a painstakingly fought over limited hearing with him in public. And they think the hearing that hearing directly from him himself will help americans understand the nuances of his report. Stephanie you have talked about the effect on democrats wanting to put forward impeachment efforts. How will those hearings affect these moves . When muellersaw about aame out in april progression of about 80 something democrats who came out calling for impeachment inquiries against the president but that is not nearly enough to get them over the finish line or to even justify launching impeachment moves. Is yourthey describe it alert Robert Mueller released the book and now they have to make the movie. Stephanie we were supposed to have had the hearings this past week. W
He is motivated we will learn more than we thought we would. Tephanie kyle cheney reporting at politico. Com. Thank you for the insight. Talkorian, to to us about tomorrow. Marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. Tell us what the 50 year mark means to you. Old whenwas 11 years that happened. I was part down in front of our blackandwhite tv in massachusetts. I thought i was in the middle of enjoying the greatest adventure that ever happened. And i was. 50 years later, i am enjoying the greatest adventure ever happened replayed, and doing it as nasas chief historian. What a ride. Host how did you get to this position . What do you do . Guest the quick answers do not do what i did if you want to be chief historian. I did eight when he to career in air force and did a lot of graduate work on the history of the soviet space program. When i retired from the air force, the then chief historian said why not apply for a job here at nasa . Applied, got the job, and ended up bei
Public. And they think that hearing directly from mueller himself will help the American People understand the new winces the nuances of his report. Host you write the hearings could have democrats want to put forward impeachment efforts. How so . How will those hearings affect these moves . Kyle what we saw when muellers report came out in april, we heard publicly about a progression of 80something democrats calling for impeachment inquiries against the president , but that is not nearly enough to get them over the finish line or even justify impeachment proceedings. A lot of opponents to impeachment think hearing from mueller and hearing him say the words of his report, the way they describe it, mueller released the book and now this is the movie, more people will understand from the movie his findings about the president s campaign, his contacts with russia and the president s efforts to obstruct the investigation. Host we were supposed to have the hearings this past week. What was
Cspan, and the house and senate live online, or you can listen live on our free radio app. We spoke with a reporter about the week ahead. Flatley reports on congress for bloomberg news. The week, lets start with defense secretary nominee, mark asper. Hes being fast tracked to the senate for a vote. Tell us about him and some issues we might hear in debate about his nomination. Daniel sure. Esper is right now secretary of the army. He has held that position since trump came into office, and has been sort of waiting in the wings. When Patrick Shanahan was the presumptive nominee for defense secretary after jim mattis left, he was viewed as somebody who was in the running but did not get the nod. Now he is on the fast track. He had a confirmation hearing this past weekend sailed through that. Got frompushback he senators was from senator elizabeth warren, who pressed him on his work for raytheon. He was a vp in Government Relations their and their top lobbyist on capitol hill, and she ask
The pillars of our rural economy. To understand the size of the problem, i invite you to do an exercise with me. Hold your breath for three seconds. Take the breath in. Exhale. Well done. Longsre you just had near as 33 in your lungs more carbon in it than when i was born. That is a massive change in a single human lifetime. Our planet has never seen such a dramatic change in such a short time. Each and every molecule in carbon is trapping heat. In oregon that means longer fire seasons with fiercer fires dementing damaging the timber economy. Health at businesses. The mountain snowpack melts earlier, diminishing water for trout and salmon streams. It means damage to the oyster industry from polluted ocean waters. Report scanned last year, one from the trunk administration and Trump Administration the other from the International Panel on climate change, and they tell us the same thing. Warming is accelerating faster than we anticipated and poses enormous challenges. We dont need scient